Pakistan Climate Change Act

Pakistan’s Climate Change Act 2017 aims to meet the country’s obligations under international climate change conventions and address the effects of climate change.

The Act consists of 19 sections which are divided into five Chapters and one Schedule, establishes the requirements to meet Pakistan’s obligations under international conventions relating to climate change and address the effects of climate change.

The Act is divided as follows: Preliminary (Chap. I); Pakistan Climate Change Council (Chap. II); Pakistan Climate Change Authority (Chap. III); Pakistan Climate Change Fund (Chap. IV); Miscellaneous (Chap. V).

The Pakistan Climate Change Act establishes the Pakistan Climate Change Council, headed by the Prime Minister, and consists of:

• The Ministers in charge of climate change, finance, agriculture, food security and research, planning, development and reform, petroleum and natural resources, science and technology, water and power and foreign affairs
• Chief Ministers of the Provinces Ministers-in-charge of the department allocated with subject of environment in the Provinces
• Other persons not exceeding thirty as the Prime Minister may appoint, of which at least twenty shall be non-officials, including representatives of the Chambers of Commerce and Industry, non governmental organizations concerned with climate change, the environment and development and scientists, researchers, technical experts and educationists
• Chairman of the National Disaster Management Authority
• Chairman, Pakistan Climate Change Authority; and
• Secretary of the Division allocated with the subject of climate change, who shall also be the Secretary of the Council.